There is a slight contradictory narrative that suits crypto investors particularly when markets look like they are heading south. “Just go all in stable bro”. “I’ll buy back lower”. “You can get 20% on USDT-USDC LP at the minute” I mean, yeah this can work but also...
It feels like the multi/cross-chain world has been talked about for a while now. Despite how quickly the industry moves, certain things take time to manifest. The whole Ethereum gas-fee situation is beyond a joke and it is killing it for devs, users and the only...
Following on from our recent deep dive on Solana, we have had a load of people asking how to access the Solana ecosystem and the projects within it. So, here we are a quick and dirty guide to accessing Solana, setting up a Phantom wallet and buying projects...
I’ve covered the unsuitability of Ethereum in a few previous posts before so I won’t go too far into it. In short, gas fees are ridiculous and multiple efforts to scale the network are also being greeted with added adoption which effectively makes it redundant. I...
Decentralised Finance (DeFi) is here to stay. The past 24 months or so have been the dawn of the future of finance and one of crypto’s most exciting times. A huge portion of those invested in this space is still sat on the sidelines holding their coins in their...
This Week in DeFi: The blocmates Alpha Report - News, Opportunities and more… Welcome to the third instalment of This Week in DeFi. We are going to release a weekly round-up newsletter on our website which covers all the current events, opportunities and what to look...
This Week in DeFi: The blocmates Alpha Report - News, Opportunities and more… Welcome to the second instalment of This Week in DeFi. We are going to release a weekly round-up newsletter on our website which covers all the current events, opportunities and what to look...
It is now more apparent than ever that the future of crypto and DeFi is multi-chain. It is now no longer one chain to rule them all… We now know that just isn’t going to happen. The rise of other layer 1 blockchains has been well received after the “gold standard”;...
This Week in DeFi: The blocmates Alpha Report - News, Opportunities and more… Welcome to the first instalment of This Week in DeFi. We are going to release a weekly round-up newsletter on our website which covers all the current events, opportunities and what to look...
If you are reading this it is because you are sick and tired of looking around for a savings account that is actually worth putting your hard-earned capital into. They are tricky to find because there aren’t any… If you are satisfied with 1-2% returns a year then go...
It is no secret that the current state of the Ethereum network is, in the nicest way possible, dogs**t. The current gas fees are a joke and have marginalised any retail investor who has half a brain cell and can work out they will quickly go broke trying to interact...
It is becoming more and more apparent that the Polygon/Matic network is becoming the chain of choice for both big and small retail investors and we can see why. The recent explosive growth of the chain has led those wary of the Binance Smart Chain CeDeFi approach and...